RANGERS V CITY.
Saturday, February 3rd 1912.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE:
Exeter City this afternoon were down to play their return League fixture against Queen's Park Rangers at Park Royal. In seven previous attempts the City have only succeeded once, and that was by a single goal at St. James's Park in 1908-09. The City again rearranged their team, Watson reverting to his former position and Rutter returning to lead the attack. With Prideaux and Griffiths both not quite fit, Lockett dropped back to the intermediate line, although his best displays this season have been given from the left wing.
Teams: 
RANGERS:- Shaw Macdonald Pullen Ovens Mitchell Wake Smith Revill McKie Thornton Barnes

Referee: Mr P.L.Miller, of Norfolk.

CITY:- W Whittaker, Fort ,Evans Rigby, Bassett, Lockett. Garside Cornan Rutter Watson E. Whittaker.

It was bitterly cold in London, and when the City arrived at Park Royal there was a thin covering of snow on the ground. The surface was very hard but level, and consequently deemed fit to play on. The crowd was slow in turning out, but the two big Cup counter attractions, Fulham (v Liverpool) and Crystal Palace (v Sunderland) and the bitter weather materially affected the attendance, which numbered barely 4,000 at the start.

The Game.
It was anything but a good game at Park Royal; the ground, however, and not the players must be held responsible, and the players could not be blamed for taking no risks. During the first half the exchanges were particularly dull. The men did not trust themselves on the frozen surface, and passes went astray with monotonous regularity. The City were vigorous at only one position, full-back and such a resolute front did Evans and Fort show that the Rangers were decidedly chary in coming to grips with them. On the Rangers' side Revill was the only man who possessed any command over the ball; several promising moves were begun by him, but Smith, his outside partner, although as fast as he always is, could not turn when he reached the goal-line, and Evans frequently forced him into touch when he had the ball. It was Revill who led up to the one dangerous move by the Rangers. He cleverly kicked the ball over Lockett's head to Barnes, and Fort, in tackling the winger, was guilty of hands in the penalty area. It was unwise to entrust the penalty kick to McKie, for his shot hit the angle of the goal-post and bar and rebounded twenty yards down the field to be kicked safely clear. There were no serious injuries, but it was with a feeling of relief that the players heard the final whistle.
Result: A goal-less draw.

CITY RESERVES v ROYAL SCOTS. Plymouth and District League.

At St. James's Park, Exeter, this afternoon. The Reserves only included one professional, F. Prideaux, who was considered not quite fit enough to go with the first team to London. His brother, A. Prideaux, was given a trial in the forward line, at inside-right. Teams:

Reserves: - Pym; Parsons, and Labbett; Greenway, Clarke, and F. Prideaux; Lewis, A. Prideaux, Bailey, Caddy, and Arscott.

Royal Scots:- Bryce; Collings, and Watken; Howie, Parkes, and Langford; McCabe, Boyd, Groves, McCartle, and Hubble.

The City were first to become dangerous, and Fred Prideaux forced a corner, from which Arscott shot over from a difficult angle. Bailey and Lewis went through and fed Caddy, who missed an excellent opportunity by firing over the bar with an open goal at his mercy. McCabe got away for the Scots, and beating Labbett, passed to Groves, whose shot was saved by Pym. Soon afterwards Caddy was going through nicely when he was fouled inside the area, and F. Prideaux took the kick, the ball being punched over the bar by Bryce. The Scots went ahead by two goals towards the end of the first half, Boyd and Hubble scoring. After the change of ends F. Prideaux came up to the forward line,but Exeter could not score, and were beaten by 2-0